Folding seat for metal beds.



' PATENTED AFR. 3, 1906.

M. FAAS.

FOLDING SEAT EUR METAL BEDS.

APPLIUATION FILED APR.15, 1905.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

PATENTED APR. 3, 1906.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 15, 1905.

2 SHEBTSwSHBBT 2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FOLDING SEAT FOR NIETAL BEDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 3, 1906.

Application filed April 15,1905. Serial No. 255,763.

To a/ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARTIN FAAs, a citizen of the United States,residing in the borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, in the cityand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Folding Seats for Metal Beds, of which the following is aspeciiication.

This invention relates to seats for use with beds; and the object is toprovide a folding seat which may be mounted removably on the rail of anordinary metal bed. The seat may be attached in a moment to the rail ofthe bed and may be shifted along the same to any oint desired. When notin use, it may be foilded down out of the way and when in use will besupported on a leg or legs which rest on the floor.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate an embodiment of theinvention, Figure 1 is a vertical mid-section of the device, taken atline in Fig. 2; and Fig. 2 is a plan showing the mechanism as it appearswith the seatboard omitted. Fig. 3 is an elevation as seen from theright in Fig. 1 and showing the folding leg. Fig. 4 is an illustrativedetail view.

The rail It of a metal bed is an angle-iron or has an inverted- L shapein cross-section, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, and the seat-clip 1 isadapted to be mounted adjustably and removably on the iiat horizontalmember of such a rail. This clip has at one side two retaining-lugs 2,which take under the inner margin of the horizontal member of the railIt, and at the other or outer side it has two hinging-lu s 3, by whichthe clip is hinged to a suitable ge-piece 4, secured to the seat orseat-board 5. As these metal-bed rails vary somewhat in width and it isdesired to provide for this dierence, the clip has a pendent lip 6 onits outer edge between the hinging-lugs 3, and through this lip isdriven a screw 7, which may be set in so that its end is nearly incontact with the outer face of the pendent member of the rail.

The seat-board 5, which may be square, round, or of any contour desired,is supported when raised on a leg 8, the preferred form of which is seenin Fig. 3. This form is somewhat like that of the letter X and it is.hinged at its upper end to lugs 9, secured to the seat-board. When theleg is in its upright supporting position, pins or projections 10, Fig.1, on the respective hinge-bosses 11 of the leg come to engage recessesat 12 in the iianges of the hinging-lugs 9. This is permitted by makingthe holes in the said hingebosses slightly elongated, thus providing fora little endwise play on the hinge-bolt 13. The Object 0f this device ist0- hid the ieg in as upright position.

To fold the seat to the position seen in dotted lines in Fig. 1, theseat-board is lifted a little, so as to disenvage the projections 10,the leg swung inwar and the seat-board allowed to drop. To prepare theseat for use, lift the seat-board to a position a little above thehorizontal, allow the leg to swing into an upright position, and thenlet the seat down to a level. The seat-clip 1 may have, and preferablywill have stop-shoulders at 14, Figs. 1 and 2, for the bosses on thehinge-piece 4 to im inge on when the seat-board is raised a litt e abovethe level. This device limits the too great rise of the seat.

The clip 1 may be applied to the rail R as indicated in Fig. 4 and whenonce in place must be lifted in the manner shown in this figure in orderto remove it. When on the rail, it may be moved along the latterto anypoint desired.

The leghS may have a stop-shoulder 15 to bear on t e flange of the lug 9and hold the leg in the position seen in dotted lines in Fig. 1 when theseat is folded.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. A folding seat for thepurpose specified, having a clip provided with two retaininglugs to takeunder the inner margin of the rail, a body portion disposed between saidlugs, to rest on the rail, hinging-lugs on said body portion, aseat-board coupled to said hinging-lugs, anda supporting-leg hinged tothe under side of said board.

2. A folding seat for the purpose specified, having a clip provided withtwo retainingluUs to take under the inner margin of the rail, a bodyportion disposed between said lugs, to rest on the rail, hinging-lugs onthe outer margin of the body portion, a pendent lug 6 between saidhinging-lugs, a screw 7, in said pendent lug and adapted to be setagainst the rail, a seat-board hinged to said hinginglugs, and asupporting-leoV hinged to the under side of said seat-boar 3. In afolding seat, the combination with the hinged seat, provided withhinging-lugs 9 on its under side, of the-leg 8, hinged ltherel Iii.Witness Whereol havehereunto signed to, said leg having a hinge-boss 11,provided myname, Jhis 12th day of April, 1905, in the with e slot forthe hingebolt, a' projection 10k presence of two subscribing Witnesses.to engage a recess in the lug 9, anda stopv MARTIN FAAS 5 shoulder 15 toen age said lug when the'leg is, Witnesses upright, and the 'nge-bolt13, substantially HNRY G.V HOSE, as set forth. Y WILLIAM J. FIRTH.

